Quasi-birth-and-death processes, level-geometric distributions. An Aggregation/disaggregation approach

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 277-288

  Marek, Ivo ^a  

^a Stavebni Fakulta Ceskeho uysokeho   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aggregation disaggregation iteration; Level geometric distribution; Markov chain modeling; Quasi birth death process; Stationary probability vector

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; FUNCTION EVALUATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MARKOV PROCESSES; NUMERICAL METHODS;

AGGREGATION METHOD; LEVEL-GEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037334762     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0427(02)00711-2     Document Type: Article

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